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Missing from New Zealand's ski slopes? Snow 08/05/2014 08:16am • NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Winter has rolled into its third month in New Zealand, and Nick Jarman says he's going stir crazy as he stares out at the driving rain on the small ski area he manages in the Southern Alps.The Craigieburn Valley Ski Area is one of several a Hoosiers hopeful of defensive improvement 08/05/2014 04:40am • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana coach Kevin Wilson senses this will be a turnaround season for his defense.He can see it on film, and he can hear it in the voices of his players. It's enough to make Wilson optimistic that a flurry of offseason changes may finally giv Obama signs funding package for Israel's Iron Dome 08/05/2014 03:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday granting an additional $225 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.The defense system has been highly effective in the current round of violence between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip Stanford begins camp ready to reload, not rebuild 08/04/2014 10:10pm • ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Stanford coach David Shaw walked over to reporters following Monday's first training camp practice for what has practically become an annual tradition: fielding questions about several key contributors to replace.Shaw's team has provided emp Thompson could be Pac-12's next 2-way star 08/04/2014 07:22pm • TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) -- Shaq Thompson knows the question is coming. It's asked any time his role with Washington is discussed.So before the debate about whether Thompson is about to become the next two-way player in the Pac-12 Conference, he shoots down any notion that splitting b Penn State looks to plug holes at linebacker 08/04/2014 07:00pm • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State lacking linebackers is like a carpenter running out of nails.How can that happen?Over the years Penn State had made a name for itself -- Linebacker U. -- by producing one star linebacker after another, from Jack Ham to S Stock market up ... Treasury borrowing projections ... Unpaid wages to be paid by LinkedIn 08/04/2014 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market staged a late-day rally today, helping push the Dow Jones industrial average higher for the first time in a week. Investors had a couple pieces of positive news to get behind: a decent earnings report from Berkshire Hathaway and the announcement of a rescue package Man denied bond in Illinois meat-tampering case 08/04/2014 06:00pm • JIM SUHR Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A 68-year-old southwestern Illinois man accused of inserting sewing needles a federal prosecutor called "booby traps" into packaged meats at his hometown supermarket was ordered Monday to remain jailed pending his trial.U.S. Magistrate Judge Ste How the Dow Jones average fared Monday 08/04/2014 05:40pm • The Associated Press The stock market staged a late-day rally Monday, helping push the Dow Jones industrial average higher for the first time in a week. Investors had a couple pieces of positive news to get behind: a decent earnings report from Berkshire Hathaway and the announcement of a rescue pa Stocks show small gain...GM Finance gets subpoena...Higher ticket prices 08/04/2014 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moderately higher in afternoon trading. They've been moving between small gains and losses today after a selloff last week put caution back into the market. Investors had two pieces of positive news: a decent earnings report from Berkshire Hathaway and the announcement of Star Networks recalling Magnicube Spheres, Cubes 08/04/2014 02:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- High-powered rare earth magnet sets sold under the names Magnicube Spheres and Magnicube Cubes are being recalled because of the possibility of injury from swallowing them.The recall is part of the settlement of a case filed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in Decemb Semi crash coats Indianapolis highway in butter 08/04/2014 12:30pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A semitrailer has overturned on an Indianapolis interstate, spilling what police say are 45,000 pounds of packages of butter and other dairy products.The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 465 just west of its interchange with Interstate 6 Taiwan explosions probe focuses on petrochem firm 08/03/2014 11:12am • GLADYS TSAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Authorities in Taiwan's second-biggest city zeroed in on a petrochemical firm Saturday in their investigation into a series of gas pipeline explosions that killed 28 people and injured 286, as anger rose over the handling of the disaster.The govern Georgia Tech's Thomas plans to run triple-option 08/02/2014 05:18pm • CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Tech starting quarterback Justin Thomas is planning to lead an attack that emphasizes the Yellow Jackets' traditional strength.That means Thomas can expect to line up under center, instead of in shotgun formations, which coach Paul Johnson says d Congress backs Israel's Iron Dome missile defense 08/02/2014 04:28pm • BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress approved a $225 million package to replenish Israel's missile defenses with its last order of business before a five-week recess, as the Jewish state's cease-fire with Hamas unraveled and Israeli forces pushed deep into Gaza in search of a